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middle verb

middle verb noun: a verb which expresses an action when used transitively and a state when used intransitively.

Noun

middle verb (plural middle verbs)

  1. A verb which expresses an action when used transitively and a state when used intransitively.
    • Formation of the middle verbs mentioned above illustrates that derivational processes are used to create specific subclasses of verbs. Middle verbs in English are intransitive verbs, whereas their base verbs are transitive, that is, require a direct object to be present. Middle verb formation is...2005, Geert Booij, The Grammar of Words: An Introduction to Linguistic Morphology, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 60

Forms of middle verb

pluralmiddle verbs

Questions about middle verb

What does middle verb mean?
Middle verb means a verb which expresses an action when used transitively and a state when used intransitively.
What part of speech is middle verb?
Middle verb is a noun.
What is the plural of middle verb?
The plural of middle verb is middle verbs.

Words near middle verb in the dictionary

  1. middle tilde
  2. middle tildes
  3. middle toe
  4. middle toes
  5. Middle Township
  6. middle verb
  7. middle verbs
  8. Middle Village
  9. middle voice
  10. Middle Wallop
  11. middle watch

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